Rove deserves to be prosecuted

Published: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 4:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 12:00 a.m.

To The Editor: While it's obvious Karl Rove was the White House insider who leaked Valerie Plame's identity, which is illegal, the very least he should do is resign. He should be dragged through the courts unmercifully like Bill Clinton was for his sexual indiscretion.

If a Democrat leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative, he'd be imprisoned.

You know darn well that if this blunder, as well as all the other blunders committed by the Bush administration, had happened under a Democratic president, the country would never hear the end of it.

Republicans are good at constantly complaining about mistakes Democrats make, but when Republicans make the same mistakes, or worse, it's no big deal and brushed aside.

Just ask yourself, if a Democratic president led the United States into this unnecessary, unwinnable, horribly expensive and unending Iraq war, wouldn't the Republicans complain about it all day, every day?

By the way, which is worse: Leaking the name of an undercover CIA agent, jeopardizing her career, jeopardizing any missions she was currently involved in, her life and the life of her husband, or Bill Clinton's sexual blunder between consenting adults, which the Republicans spent $53 million of taxpayer dollars prosecuting?

<p>To The Editor: While it's obvious Karl Rove was the White House insider who leaked Valerie Plame's identity, which is illegal, the very least he should do is resign. He should be dragged through the courts unmercifully like Bill Clinton was for his sexual indiscretion.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>If a Democrat leaked the name of an undercover CIA operative, he'd be imprisoned.</p><p>You know darn well that if this blunder, as well as all the other blunders committed by the Bush administration, had happened under a Democratic president, the country would never hear the end of it.</p><p>Republicans are good at constantly complaining about mistakes Democrats make, but when Republicans make the same mistakes, or worse, it's no big deal and brushed aside.</p><p>Just ask yourself, if a Democratic president led the United States into this unnecessary, unwinnable, horribly expensive and unending Iraq war, wouldn't the Republicans complain about it all day, every day?</p><p>By the way, which is worse: Leaking the name of an undercover CIA agent, jeopardizing her career, jeopardizing any missions she was currently involved in, her life and the life of her husband, or Bill Clinton's sexual blunder between consenting adults, which the Republicans spent $53 million of taxpayer dollars prosecuting?</p><p>Shari Bullard</p><p>Flat Rock</p>